Nicholas Wood receives funding from the NHMRC. The CHildren's Hospital at Westmead has had GSK support for investigator-initiated studies in the past. As a medical researcher and parent of two ...

Meningococcal disease is caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis, commonly called “meningococcus”. There are 13 different strains, with the most common disease-causing strains being A, B, C, W, ...

As two Meningitis B cases hit the headlines this week - the tragic death of two-year-old Faye Burdett, and rugby star Matt Dawson revealing his son's battle against the disease - it is essential we ...

A student almost died when she became severely ill just days after arriving at university. Ketia Moponda, from Wolverhampton, was diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia and underwent amputations to ...

A new approach is being assessed by Public Health England for its potential to routinely test all meningococcal disease cases. Researchers at the University of Leicester and Meningococcal Reference ...

A concert is set to be held in memory of a young Cleland boy who died following a harrowing four-week struggle with meningococcal septicaemia. Caden Beggan died on November 2012, at the age of just ...